Firm pushes long-term reforms in cocoa value chain
An Africa leading agro-commodities exporter, Sunbeth Global Concepts, SGC, has expressed commitment to transforming the conditions under which cocoa is grown, traded and sourced across West Africa. The firm, which launched Orange Cocoa, its long-term sustainability framework for the cocoa supply chain, said this target would run through to 2050. Cocoa is one of the […]
70% drug import dependency worrisome, must end through local manufacturing — Henrietta Ukwu
By Esther Onyegbula A leading global biopharmaceutical executive, Dr. Henrietta Ukwu, has called on the Federal Government to urgently reduce Nigeria’s heavy dependence on imported medicines, describing the country’s estimated 70 per cent reliance on foreign drugs as “worrisome and unfortunate.” Speaking at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Association of Industrial Pharmacists of […]
Aspirants reject C-River central APC senatorial primaries results
By Dapo Akinrefon Two All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirants for the Cross River Central Senatorial District, Senator Eteng Jones Williams and Ms. Mary Ekpere, on Tuesday, rejected the results currently circulating on social media, declaring that no primary election took place across any of the 66 wards in the district. The aspirants, in separate statements, […]
Ademokoya rallies support for Tinubu, Yayi ahead of Ogun 2027
By Esther Onyegbula The Director General of The Progressive Intellects (TPi), Wale Ademokoya, has intensified grassroots mobilisation and political engagement in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the governorship ambition of Senator Adeola Olamilekan Yayi ahead of the 2027 Ogun State governorship election. Ademokoya, a prominent political mobiliser and media entrepreneur, […]
Psycho-social stress in Lagos workplace
By OBI IGBOKWE There is a health crisis unfolding quietly inside Nigeria’s most productive organisations, and most HR leaders cannot see it. It does not announce itself the way a physical injury does. There is no accident form to fill, no insurance claim to process on day one. It arrives gradually — in the manager […]
Dr. Modupeade Adetunji becomes Trinity University’s first Professor
By Adesina Wahab Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, has achieved a historic milestone with the promotion of Dr. Modupeade Christianah Adetunji to the rank of full Professor, making her the institution’s first professor since it commenced academic activities in 2019. The Governing Council of the university approved her promotion from Associate Professor to Professor of Food […]
